heliconius by Massimo Demaio

hecale 2

hecale 1

H. hecale quitalena   (W.C. Hewitson, [1853])

MALE – Dept. Napo, 500-800m Ecuador 9/2004

FEMALE – Napo Prov. 70 km SW Coca Loreto 300m, Ecuador 4-10/3/2002

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

H. hecale  shanki   (G. Lamas & K.S. Brown, 1976)

aberrant – MALE – Peru – maybe hybrid

MALE – Rio Shankij Satipo, South Peru – coll. H. Gerstner

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

H. hecale  humboldti   (H. Neustetter, 1928)

forms: alexander (H. Neustetter, 1928)

MALE – Iquitos 100m Loreto Peru 1/2004

f. alexander – MALE – N. Peru

f. alexander – FEMALE – Peru

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

H. hecale  felix   (G. Weymer, 1894)

forms: versicolor (G. Weymer, 1894), umbrina (H. Neustetter, 1931 hyb.) – see H&H pag. 71 footnote

MALE – Peru 1982

f. near umbrina – San Martin North Peru 9/2006

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

near f. umbrina, hybrid felix  x  sisyphus – Peru – heavy pattern

VERSO surface – heavy pattern

f. versicolor MALE – Juanjui San Martin Peru 15/9/2012

 
 
 
 

H. hecale  sisyphus   (O. Salvin, 1871)

forms: jonas (G. Weymer, 1894)

MALE – Rio Marcapata, Dip. Cusco, Madre de Dios S. Peru 12/1995

aberrant – Chontachaca, Cuzco Peru, 3/2009

FEMALE – Rio Ucayali Pucallpa Peru 6/2005

f. jonas – MALE – Puerto Maldonado Peru

f. jonas – FEMALE – Chapare BOLIVIA

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

H. hecale  zeus   (W.M. Neukirchen, 1995) – old felix concors (G. Weymer, 1894)

Buenavista, Dept. Santa Cruz Bolivia – ex coll. Le Moult – original label: “hecale quitalena felix f. concors (var.)” – but hindmarginal FW band 3/4 for felix, complete for zeus

 
 
 

H. hecale sulphureus (G. Weymer, 1894)

forms: denticulatus (H.H. Riffarth, 1907)

f. denticulatus – S. José del Guaviare, Colombia 1992

VERSO surface

f. denticulatus – Mitu Vaupés Colombia 12/2010

 
 
 
 

H. hecale ennius (G. Weymer, 1891)

MALE – Amazonas, Brazil 5/2014

VERSO surface

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

FEMALE – Amazonas, Brazil 5/2014

FEMALE – Amazonas, Brazil 5/2014

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

H. hecale vetustus (A. Butler, 1873)

MALE – Montagne des Peres French Guyana

FEMALE – French Guyana

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

MALE – St. Laurent du Maroni French Guyana 12/2018

vetustus x hecale (see fulvescens) FEMALE – Essequibo, British Guyana 10/2002

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

H. paulus (W.M. Neukirchen, 1998)

FEMALE – Brazil? not reported

VERSO surface

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

H. paraensis (H.H. Riffarth, 1900)

x latus? MALE – Obidos Brazil

 
 
 
 
 

latus H.H. Riffarth, 1900

xinguensis H. Neustetter, 1925

metellus G. Weymer, 1894

boyi J.K.M. Röber, 1923

naxos W.M. Neukirchen, 1998

nigrofasciatus G. Weymer, 1894

novatus H.W. Bates, 1867